ONIX was born in the seaside town of Brighton more than 40 years ago, long before portable hi-fi became a global arms race. The brand has since been acquired by a Chinese parent company and relaunched ...

On the output side, the K11 R2R provides both single ended and balanced headphone connections. The 6.35 mm single ended ...

The portable digital-to-analogue converter (DAC) is such an underrated headphone accessory. Not only does it boost the audio quality on standard and poorly converted music files (think of those ...

This inexpensive portable DAC/headphone amp combo delivers incredible bang for the buck. Portable audio is one of the fastest-growing segments of the audio market, and for good reason. People now have ...

I’m spoilt for choice with Creative recently. The SXFI Amp was and still is my favourite gadget of the last few years. It has changed audio for me entirely. I think it’s a bigger innovation for audio ...

My stepdad uses iFi’s Zen DAC (the current version of which costs $199) in his simple desktop rig. It’s connected to his laptop via USB, and functions as both DAC and volume control for his Emotiva ...

We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. You've probably heard the arguments that digital music — or at least CD-quality digital music — is inherently flawed compared to all-analog ...

Astell&Kern manufactures some of our favorite high-resolution digital audio players, and now the company is bringing a high-end mobile digital audio converter/amplifier combo to market. As its name ...